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Lesson 2 Study Guide
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Objectives:
  • Learn the pinyin and correct stroke order for the 35 characters introduced in lesson 2.
  • Learn the new vocabulary introduced in lesson 2. You can practice with the online Table Building Activity.
New Vocabulary
 Chinese Pinyin English
  horse 
臨清縣 Lín Qīng xiàn Linqing County 
 qióng poor 
 huài to be broken; destroyed 
收拾 shōushi to repair; to fix 
 chù place 
尾巴 wěibā tail 
 ràng by [passive] 
 shāo to burn 
除了 chúle except for 
非常 fēicháng extremely 
趕走 gánzǒu chase away 
回來 huílái to return [to a location] 
主人 zhǔrén owner; master 
太原 Tàiyuán a place name 
忽然 hūrán suddenly 
  pull 
  to ride [astraddle] 
風景 fēngjǐng scenery 
以為 yǐwéi to suppose 
 bìng sickness 
 xíng to be okay 
 tiào to jump 
 jiào to neigh 
中午 zhōngwǔ noon 
從來沒 cónglái méi never before 
消息 xiāoxi news 
 gǎn to dare to 
自己 zìjǐ self 
要緊 yàojǐn important 
 pài to send 
軍官 jūnguān military official 
辦事 bàn shì to do work [cf. 做事] 
 gāng as soon as 
正要 zhèng yào to be about to 
 zhuī to chase 
跟著 gēnzhe follow[ing] 
 xìn to believe 
屋子 wūzi room 
 qiáng wall 
 huán to return [an object] 
打起來 dáqǐlái to start to fight 
買賣 mǎimài business 
不久 bùjiǔ in not a very a long time 
自動 zìdòng of one's own accord 
感謝 gǎnxiè to be grateful [to]